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Finding the Balance in Adoption

Korea South   Media, Post-Adoption, Culture and Pride

There is uniqueness to being an internationally- and trans-ethnically-adopted person. Most obvious is that the children grow up in a family in which t...

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Will My Daughter Ever Trust Me?

Bonding & Attachment

Recently, an adoptive father asked me for suggestions on how he could develop a trust based relationship with his seven year old daughter, adopted int...

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Creating a Classroom for Adopted and Non-Adopted Children

Family Adoption Stories, Adoption and School, Post-Adoption

In the earliest pictures Jill Lampman has of her older daughter, Elena's hair is short and choppy. There are dark circles under her eyes. When Elena...

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Building the Foundations of Attachment

Special Needs Adoption, Family Adoption Stories, Bonding & Attachment

Mom, just leave me alone, I'm having a bad day.” So began our conversation at McDonald's, while Leah was fishing french fries out of her Happy M...

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A Look Inside: Older Adoptees Learning English & More

Older Child Adoption, Special Needs Adoption, Bonding & Attachment, Language Issues

While children adopted from abroad typically are grouped together in the category of "international adoptees," they exhibit many differences. With old...

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Just Add Culture

Korea South   Travel and Birthcountry Tours, Culture and Pride

For once I can't pick my kids out of the crowd,” says Karen Sullivan of Bothell , Wash. But she's not complaining. Assimilation is what she like...

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Journalists: Please use accurate Adoption Terms!

Media

Angelina and Brad just had their first child! Oh, and they have two adopted children. Mr. Famous So-and-so just died, leaving two sons and two adoped ...

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Adopting Rachael from Russia

Russia   Family Adoption Stories

How do I begin to tell the story of a life? Do I start with the births of our own four biological sons? With each one my heart would swell with so muc...

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Preparing for an Adoption from Abroad

Bonding & Attachment, Adoption Process, Post-Adoption

Most children available for adoption have been in an institution and will be used to living with a group of children and following the rules of an ins...

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Kids Aren't Perfect

Family Adoption Stories, Post-Adoption

One aspect of adoption that continues to distress me is my belief that some people are seeking the perfect child to adopt. They don't want a child wit...

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